CEDET is a collection of tools written with the end goal of
creating an advanced development environment in Emacs.
Emacs already is a great environment for writing software, but there
are additional areas that need improvement. Many new ideas for
integrated environments have been developed in newer products, such
as Microsoft's Visual environment, JBuilder, Eclipse, or KDevelop.
CEDET is a project which brings together several different tools
needed to implement advanced features.
CEDET tools including EIEIO, Semantic, Speedbar, EDE, and COGRE are
now distributed together in a single file. This simplifies
installation and version management.